A Patch of Potential; Modest treasure and history hunting, on the Whitby foreshore.

On a visit to Whitby, I saw an opportunity; a small patch where I suspected the sea and the river would drop metal things, had had most of the usual covering of sand washed off it by a storm, so I went for a bit of a treasure hunt.
I don't think this is one of my best videos, (though I admit, I do think that of every single videoI upload), I've been quite down on video making recently, dealing with a lot of life outside of YT, and it was a big struggle to tackle the editing. I'm more hopeful about the next few videos.
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[@artieash6671]

Yes. Good things do happen. A Tom Burleigh video shows up when most needed. Here, in Massachusetts, we are reeling from the recent turn of events, trying to face what comes with courage. Listening to your beautiful voice, enjoying the simple pleasures in life... yes... a good thing. Thank you.

[@tom_burleigh]

Thanks Artie, I had to take a step away from watching US politics after such a shock and horror. I'm glad there's courage left there, after hope has been so badly bruised. Fingers crossed, for checks and balances to curb some of the worst of possibilites over the next few years, and a blue wave of epic proportions at the midterms.

[@zarafa7]

Great to see you back again, Tom. I have no video preferences. Anything with your voice over is always a hit with me. Kind regards, Nicola

[@549RR]

⁠@@tom_burleighthese were my thoughts in Canada too, although I was anticipating the results given the policy decisions of the current administration. I can only hope for the same reassurance when it comes time for our own next election in Canada, as we have no such thing as midterms.

[@sianwarwick633]

​@@549RR I absolutely agree with you.

[@anniecorbin7998]

@@tom_burleigh it's truly terrifying to think so many people voted against their own intrest.

[@anniecorbin7998]

I don't think it matters what you're looking for, we are happy to watch your adventures. I like old things. It doesn't matter if it's scrap metal or jewelry it all has it's own story. Glad to see you back Tom.

[@tom_burleigh]

Thanks Annie, it's good to be back, and I think I will give an unboxing, (filming more in depth than I have been doing) a go sometime soon. I'm trying to prioritize the next couple of mudlarking videos first, and then I'll allow myself the pleasure of hunting through one of the 4 big lots I've got left (about 35kg of jewellery). 🙂

[@anniecorbin7998]

@@tom_burleigh My goodness that's a lot! Do what you love.

[@tom_burleigh]

Sadly for me, I love far too many hobbies.

[@anniecorbin7998]

@tom_burleigh as do I. 😂

[@christinashirey1178]

Any video from you will be delightful, so yes on the jewelry un-boxing! Thank you for this lovely video of Widby.

[@tom_burleigh]

Thanks Christina 🙂

[@fiorenzaattanasio4796]

Tom…many many thanks… I love to see your jewelry boxes finds. Thank you ❤

[@debcattell7059]

Ah a Tom Burleigh video, awesome 👌😎. Yes I'd love to see a jewellery unboxing. Thank you for taking us along with you 😊😊

[@tom_burleigh]

Thanks Deb 🙂. I'll be giving the jewellery unboxing video a try once I've finished the next few videos, as a reward to myself. Unboxing stuff is much more fun than editing videos I shot months ago. 🙂

[@rikspector]

Tom, It's so good to see you out and about again. I missed your gentle voice and philosophies. A day without you , is a day without sunshine and that is the weather descending on us here in Ferndale, . I sincerely hope you are fulfilling the promises you made smelting or carving or whatever, the many things you have collected on your journeys. Cheers, Frederick "Rik" Spector

[@emilyhetheringtonyorkshire9392]

I got some absolutely beautiful sea glass on my last Whitby visit :) One of my favorite places, used to go a lot with my Nana when I was little. Even took her to the Dracula experience and she laughed the whole way round! Today is the anniversary of her passing, and this video brought back some lovely memories of happy times. Thank you for this Tom :)

[@hazel3564]

The ruins in the mist is so ethereal! The baby ducks were charming. You always come through!

[@michelegaccione9522]

Thank you Tom ,You have been missed.I enjoy your videos so much❤

[@tom_burleigh]

Thanks Michele, I've missed putting them out. Progress on the next is well under way, so hopefully a few weeks rather than quite a few months this time. 🙂

[@christhompson4270]

Hi Tom it’s great to see you back, beautiful video and I don’t care what there about as your calm voice and peaceful places. Take care and thank you for sharing your walks 👏👍🙏❤️

[@barbarasoboleski427]

I have been waiting for a new video from you. I was praying nothing happened to you. I think I’ve watched all your videos three or four times.

[@tom_burleigh]

Thanks Barbara, I've been coming to terms with living with a disability (M.E.), which I've been living with for 20+ years without realising, and idly wondering why my energy levels crashed so easily and often. I'm getting a bit better at avoiding the crashes now. 🙂

[@sianwarwick633]

​@tom_burleigh, Tom thanks for talking about your disability. That takes a huge amount of bravery. I give you a pat on the arm 💪.

[@anniecorbin7998]

@@tom_burleigh what is M.E.?

[@tom_burleigh]

@@anniecorbin7998 Myalgic encephalomyelitis; also called chronic fatigue syndrome or ME/CFS. A neurological condition that means my energy levels never really get up above 45% of a healthy person my age, and I have crashes where I can do nothing very much for days. It was triggered by Epstein Barr virus, about 22 years ago in my last few months of University, and I've never quite recovered.

[@apostlewoody]

I love how you operate, Mr. Burleigh. Peace .....

[@1898time]

That’s it my feet are going up with a cuppa char in my hands, bliss, thank you for posting. NZ

[@SherryRector]

Jewelry yes please it’s amazing what you can find

[@fionasimagination]

I'd love to see some jewellery "hunting" / unboxing videos from you!❤

[@KatherinePoulin-x5c]

The first snowfall of the season is gently falling. Night comes early here in northern Canada but I have a fire, supper on the stove , and a new Tom Burleigh video. Life is good.

[@pigoff123]

Hello Tom. Great to see you again. I hope your day is as amazing as you are.

[@bryanstonall16]

After a long day of working your voice brings peace thank you so much

[@erinmcgrathejm4985]

Your scenes of Whitby Abbey were absolutely gorgeous…an extra treat with your guitar music. As to other things on your channel, I particularly loved the few poetry readings you have done…I would be happy to hear more.

[@tom_burleigh]

Thanks Erin. I'd be happy to make more poetry readings, and probably will in time; they're one of the things though, where my perfectionist inclinations really kick into high gear, and I tend to record each poem a hundreds times or more before I get one I'm happy with. Economically, they really don't make sense... the same amount of time spent on a video a minute long, as a mudlarking one 30-50 minutes long, but I've never been one to follow the path of economic sense to the exclusion of satisfaction and fullfilment. 🙂

[@christinekeay8456]

What an absolute treat, Whitby and a Tom Burleigh video! After years of collecting seaglass I am much more excited nowadays by beach metal. I searched for years for a copper nail and finally found one last year, surprised it took so long as there were several boatbuilding yards here in the past. Hope your health stays good !

[@mvmarchiori]

Hey Tom! Super glad to hear from you :) Was listening to the music at 12 minutes mark and thinking how I love it and how deeply it moves me. And to my surprise my son(he's 6yo now) came jumping to the living room and said in a very good way "wow, what a sad song" haha Great video, always a treat!

[@tom_burleigh]

Thanks Marcus, it's great to get a variety of feedback on my music. Must get myself a new input device, and start recording more soon. 🙂

[@janelovesy2399]

Thanks Tom , so happy to watch this video , which was most enjoyable ! I'm up for a jewellery unboxing , some metal detecting and would like to see your mosaic too 😊

[@tom_burleigh]

Thanks Jane, I'm hoping to get all of those things filmed some time fairly soon 🙂

[@LadyArseling]

I would be thrilled to see a jewelry sort

[@chrisdrozdowski8960]

Thanks Tom! My beloved Whitby. A treasure in itself!

[@tom_burleigh]

🙂 It certainly is, and I think there's at least a few more videos I can make there.

[@milenasorak8163]

Thank you, Tom. It's a pleasure to hear your voice again.

[@tom_burleigh]

Thanks Milena 🙂

[@xxzcfdxc]

It's always lovely to see your video on my feed

[@leilanidewitt7442]

So good to have you back

[@tom_burleigh]

Thank you, it's good to be back. 🙂

[@JJ-qu2xg]

Still watching Tom always enjoy.

[@tom_burleigh]

Thanks JJ 🙂

[@nirmen73]

I'm so happy with this new video .I missed you 💐

[@tom_burleigh]

Thank you, I'm glad to be back. 🙂

[@Hippiechick11]

Lovely to watch a new video from you Tom. Take care.

[@SherryRector]

It’s been ages since I’ve watched! I’m happy to have ran across this segment!

[@sallystevenson6712]

Great to see you again. Thanks for the video Tom.

[@milliesimbeck7108]

Oh Tom it is so great to have you back and taking us along on one of your great adventures!! Looking forward for more in the near future!! Have a great day

[@tom_burleigh]

Thanks Millie, it's great to be back🙂. Rather a different sort of adventure next video, I hope it's not too different for people. You might like it, lots of art, (well, graffiti) to look at.🙂

[@paulinehay620]

Glad your back you’ve been missed ❤

[@barbarasoboleski427]

Thank you so mch

[@tom_burleigh]

You're very welcome 🙂

[@rosebailey3501]

Good to have you back have missed you 🌹🇦🇺

[@tom_burleigh]

Thanks Rose, I've missed uploading videos. Hopefully the next few at least will be done in a timely manner, I'm on an upswing of energy (M.E. has been a big part of the long breaks this year) and they're coming along nicely 🙂

[@jaxntax5509]

A conglomerate of stones and rust is not uninteresting. Fossils glass and jet metal et all with all the scenery is very lovely but your voice what I come for thank you so much.

[@debrabrooks6138]

I am happy and surprised to see you video pup up in my feed! Watching you video, I wondered about those apartment sitting so high up and overlooking the shore, I wonder what would it be like to wake up in the early morning fog seeing and listening to the sounds of the waves and surf and birds. I think one could get lost in that thought! Beautiful area even if it is very noisy! I love looking for old pieces of drift wood and seeing old coins and patterns in the stones. Yes I would love to see your jewelry hauls I am a old rock hound and I love old beads made from stone and shells. :)

[@tom_burleigh]

Thanks Debra. My girlfriend has a flat a bit further back from the shore, we hear the birds there, and can see the sea and the abbey but can't hear it. I don't think I'd enjoy living closer, it's endlessly noisy and I like pure quiet too much, much though I do enjoy a walk on the beach, picking up stones and shells and things.🙂 I haven't tried making beads yet, got the kit to give glass beads a go, and got a tumbler to try getting some small pebbles nicely smooth... so might give it a go. Shells I have another plan for, I'm hoping to make some simple jewellery by pouring molten silver into some, and then taking the shell off.

[@debrabrooks6138]

@@tom_burleigh I certainly understand the quiet, I live above a intersection in the south side of a small city, I look down and watch the light blinking red at night and turning green, people shouting, some people who are set to make u turns and it usually causes a crash in the end.. oy I do miss open fields and the sounds of the pheasants and crows! I think you should try to make your own beads and tumble stones! Sounds like it would turn out cool! I am finally trying to learn the sewing machine after all these years, I want to learn to quilt, with one, I have trouble holding a needle these days, so I am determined to learn it one way or another! :) One step at a time!

[@lovedaybebe5881]

I was having a stressful day , and then you arrived 🙏🏻 so lovely to see Whitby again . I used to visit in the 70s and 80s . Love this coastline and used to have a book of Frank Meadows Sutcliffe prints , loved imagining those scenes as we walk the beach and town . Yes please to hobbies , panning , metal detecting , or finding copper wire ( I always whoop , when you find some ) . Love the silver tanker , what a find . Would love to see some rumbled pebbles 🙏🏻

[@maggiemaymightnot]

I was wondering if we would hear from you soon and up you popped 😁😁😁

[@tom_burleigh]

Thanks Maggie, and hopefully it won't be long till I pop up again 🙂

[@skylark_]

Hello from Australia 🇦🇺 You have been welcomed once again. Geeze I love your videos ❤ thank you, Tom

[@tom_burleigh]

Thanks skylark, I'm glad you enjoy them. Hopefully one day I'll be able to visit your awesome country. 🙂.

[@josephpotterf9459]

Thanks Tom great to hear you even a year late hope all is well across the pond. I can't say it's great here now as 1/2 our country has gone off a bit. keep them coming .

[@tom_burleigh]

Thanks Joseph, and I hope the checks and balances actually hold off the worst, long enough for a blue wave at the midterms.

[@annettefournier9655]

Good to hear from you Tom. That mamma duck had quite a boatload of ducklings. Saved your video until right before bed. Still very relaxing as i can no longer walk on uneven ground or more than a mile. Just enough for the dog to be satisfied. Im putting together an exercise bike. I live in a high traffic area with no bike lanes. Very good fund on the wire and silver cup. Would love to see unboxing jewelry haul. Take care.

[@kaylinfrancis8751]

Wonderful to see you Tom! Today was the perfect day for one of your videos. Besides everything that's been happening here in the USA, we've been having powerful windstorms here in the Pacific Northwest, so seeing your video pop up really made my day. I would love to see you do some metal detecting along with your mudlarking. Thanks for taking us along with you. The Abbey was amazing and that duck sure had a lot of cute ducklings. I was fascinated by the foreshore. It's very interesting. Thank you again Tom, and take care!

[@nicolesullivan7519]

So happy to see your newest video, have missed your work alot. I would certainly love to watch you unbox some old jewelry. Take care and glad you are back.

[@oceanluvngal]

Good to see a new video from you Tom, and to be introduced to somewhere new. Seeing as you asked, my preference is for more outdoor explorations and/or treasure hunting videos, though I would likely give a jewelry unboxing video a try. Wishing you a peaceful approach to the holiday season.

[@judymarkel8029]

I enjoyed this video very much. Thank you

[@MrSupersheep3000]

I wasx thinking the other day "Man, i need a Tom video in my life" and then i come home from work and you're here! Keep it up, really enjoy the videos.

[@tom_burleigh]

Thanks MrSuperSheep3000, I'm hopeful about the chances of putting out a few more videos before the end of the year. 🙂

[@G.L.McCarthy-vr1oe]

Interesting to see the sea weed. Wonderful time & yes to the jewelry unboxing

[@tom_burleigh]

Thanks G.L. Yeah, the seaweed there often is interesting, and hides interesting things too. 🙂

[@tombrooks3812]

Hi Tom i really enjoyed this. The abby has seen better days but still beautiful. Thanks and have a great day✌️😊

[@tom_burleigh]

Thanks Tom, I'm glad you enjoyed it, and hope you have a great day too 🙂

[@nannerz1994]

The legend is back! Thanks for another great video Tom. I can't get over how cute and beautiful that town is! I would LOVE a gold paning You could read the dictionary to me and I would watch it with such enthusiasm I want to see other things you do as well like your crafts!

[@christinehodge3608]

Good video, haven't seen you for awhile, glad you are still picking up plastic and wires coins,Tom thank you for sharing this ,

[@sarahstrong7174]

All the best. Captain Flint.

[@cyberleaderandy1]

Your spot on Tom with the black sand containing gold. I've panned black sand deposits from a beach in Blackpool and found tiny pieces of gold amongst it. Great seeing Whitby again though as its years since I loast went there (on a diving boat driving course). Nice memories.

[@bonnerdebbie]

Thanks Tom for the lovely video, I will watch any video you upload. I think it would be fun to see you go through boxes of jewelry. I hope this finds you well!

[@tom_burleigh]

Thanks Debbie, I'll give filming an unboxing in greater detail a try, and if it turns out well, I'll upload it. 🙂 I'm reasonably well thanks, and I hope you're doing well too.

[@wendyb4741]

An absolute delight, as always. Thank you ❤

[@tom_burleigh]

Thanks Wendy, I'm glad you enjoyed it. 🙂

[@Tammie-Burns1961]

Happy to see a new video from you.

[@deedorothypapineau6920]

Another channel I love “Northern Mudlarks “, went to Whitby in the past and your video preceded it. I have missed your videos and do hope to see more. Earlier today I was going through some of my grandmother’s jewelry. My sterling baby bracelet still fits (though tightly). It would be nice to see you go through your collection.

[@eba44]

Well Tom, I have to say I greeted your video with a bit more than usual enthusiasm than usual! We've got some problems on our hands over here... So, the pleasant voice and curiously parallel recent finds and conditions- like magic through the years! The tides that pull and rush out leave the heavy things on the pan, and low/behold, that's exactly where I was over the past days, finding strangely similar things as you did (last year lol). And it's not the 'what' of the find, so much as the lilting narrative and tidy conclusion. Short recent tale: found small dump off my lane. found 1/2 a serving spoon, among other things. Cleaned to find 925 Sterling. Sold as an afterthought as scrap- along with the rest. A welcome $30- and so unsuspected. Rattled on too long. Still recovering from the blow. At least Maine went for Kamala...

[@tom_burleigh]

Ah yes, the problems over there have given me a few sleepless nights, and the result broke my habit of endless political video watching, at least for a while. It was a shock, a horror, and will be pretty awful for the US and the world. Maybe it won't be quite so bad as I fear, fingers crossed. Congratulations on the nice little silver find, and finding a local dump 🙂

[@eba44]

@@tom_burleigh ❤

[@neildeaville4193]

That tankard was a dream find

[@Cali-at-the-beach]

"I think I'll take it!" And, I'll take a Tom video any day! Yay!

[@tom_burleigh]

Thanks Cali 🙂. I'm hopeful the next video will be a few weeks, not many months away.

[@Cali-at-the-beach]

@@tom_burleigh can't wait! Thanks Tom and Happy Holidays to you and yours.

[@kristinamitazaki4872]

So glad that you are back 🌸

[@tom_burleigh]

Thanks Kristina 🙂

[@karenpugh5292]

A wonderful surprise thank you for the new episode lovely as always I hope you are well tom

[@tom_burleigh]

Thanks Karen, I'm doing reasonably well at the moment, after a bit of a rough year. I hope you're well too🙂

[@lindaopperthauser2284]

Nice to see a video on my feed from you Tom. Hope life is fairing well for you. Interesting finds today. I would very much be interested in unboxing of jewelry. Its always a pleasure to watch your videos and quite a surprise as they are far and few between. Best wishes always... Linda from Michigan USA💚💙

[@stevethemudlarker]

Great video tom, love whitby , I've a few lovely fossils from here. And the fish and chips are just the best 👌. Hope your well. Thanks 👋.

[@kimtocker1667]

Great to see your video come through today - chronic illness is no fun, and I do understand the importance of the highest level of self care - hang in there Tom. Also a big "yes please" for some unboxing of the jewellery you have found online - I'd love to see what you manage to find!

[@tom_burleigh]

Thanks Kim, I hope you're adept at self care. I'm a novice; been oblivious about my condition for 20+ years and overexerting, crashing, recuperating, repeating all that time. Just about getting the hang of pacing now and feeling better for it. 🙂

[@sianwarwick633]

Hi Tom, Thanks for posting a finding video about it. Glad you got out of town for a day, and thought to make a video. Thanks for mentioning the planting issue. I find some things do turn up in spots where there is a lot of current.

[@tom_burleigh]

Thanks Sian, getting out of the town seems to be my main activity when I visit the town 🙂. Luckily there's lots of lovely coast there to escape to 🙂

[@iansuehooper7542]

Glad to see you back Tom, interesting place is Whitby.

[@tom_burleigh]

Thanks Ian and Sue, I think I barely scratched the surface of the history of whitby in this video, might have to do some more.... so as well as metal detecting and beach combing and fossil hunting videos, maybe also a tour around the Captain cook museum, or a reading of Dracula 🙂

[@kathleencallaghan4867]

So happy to see a new video from you Tom. Hope all is well.

[@tom_burleigh]

Thanks Kathleen, it's been a strange year but I'm feeling better about things and hopeful there'll be more videos along soon 🙂

[@cathyblock6197]

So good to see your latest video. Thank you

[@tom_burleigh]

Thanks Cathy 🙂

[@paultrigger8492]

Hi Tom and what a lovely video in whitby, I was in whitby a few months back I didn't mudlark there like yourself I went there on the NYMR old steam engines being a hobby of mine, the Abbey is lovely to visit I will definitely be back sometime soon coming from Devon it's a long drive and might then visit Robin hoods bay aswell thanks for taking us along on this visit to whitby

[@tom_burleigh]

I think I saw the steam train coming into the station, might have seen you in the crowds 🙂. In all honesty, Whitby isn't great for mudlarking, but it's brought a new old hobby back to me, (one of my very first hobbies really), picking up cool looking rocks... the glacial boulder clay deposits just beyond the harbour towards Sandsend are full of interesting minerals and constantly being washed out onto the beach. And Robin Hood's bay, I must get back there soon myself too... fossils and septarian nodules, and maybe a walk through the tunnels where I found silver coins again. 🙂 I hope your next visit is a good one.🙂

[@artieash6671]

Thanks!

[@tom_burleigh]

Thanks so much Artie, you're very generous. 🙂

[@annawillis6266]

Glad to see your video. Thanks

[@tom_burleigh]

Thanks Anna, I'm glad to have finally got it edited and out. 🙂

[@myhomeonthehillside]

That was a lovely video , thank you :) SO lovely to see Whitby and remember our trip there . I'd love to see some metal detecting and the results of breaking up those clumps. THere must be some exciting treasures hidden within. That tankard!!!! WOW! Very impressive :) You have an eye for a bargain.

[@tom_burleigh]

Thanks Caroline. I'm hopeful I'll be able to afford a metal detector soon, and looking forward to giving beach detecting a try, (I've only tried detecting on a neighbour's land, and there was only 60's stuff from an old summer camp to find). As for the metal clumps, yeah, maybe a video in itself. Aqua chigger did one on just one clump, and there's a dozen or more clumps there, (though currently buried by the sand). I think after the recent wintery weather here in West Yorkshire, the nettles will have died down a bit, though it'll be another month or two before they're rotted away. Either way, I hope I'm in the area for a meet up when you next head over for a visit. 🙂

[@myhomeonthehillside]

@@tom_burleigh We have an uncanny knack of missing eachother lately ,lol Hopefully , next time, we can meet up. We are looking forward to it :)

[@sharibrown1668]

I'll watch it all😊

[@tom_burleigh]

Thanks Shari 🙂

[@lindahunter7322]

Yay he’s back👏👏👏😁

[@tom_burleigh]

Thanks Linda 🙂

[@Simplycharlotte-s]

Good to hear you Tom, I hope all is well! I enjoyed being on the beach, unfortunately my timing is bad whilst visiting Whitby and the tide has always beaten me. You’ve spiked my interest so I’m off to listen to Stealing the Fire! Thank you, take care. 🙂

[@tom_burleigh]

Thanks Charlotte, the tide is pretty frustrating to a lot of my attempts at beach activities there... but I've had some good outings and I find new things to keep me interested there each visit, (last time, I found out about the woods and castle ruin at Sandsend, (Mulgrove estate)). I hope you can find something to like on Stealing the Fire's page, I found the earlier stuff much more to my taste. 🙂

[@Simplycharlotte-s]

@ I wonder what secrets there are in the beck at Mulgrove? It’s a walk I’ve wanted to do.

[@tom_burleigh]

I've walked a short way up the beck, once beyond the road bridge it starts to feels quite like the West yorkshire rivers I'm used to, (the geology is very different from the rocks on Sandsend beach, which I think must be washing out of the boulder clay left by the last glacier). I didn't find much, but I didn't go far... maybe next visit, and now I know about the castle I might start a fair way further up, maybe a hundred or so meters downstream of the castle. 🙂

[@Simplycharlotte-s]

@ please take your camera 🙏

[@skylark_]

Phenomenal 🎶

[@tom_burleigh]

Thank you 🙂

[@artieash6671]

I've been watching the flood footage in your nearby village and hope that you and yours are all right.

[@Yaateeh1000]

Enjoyed the video. Would love to hear you do an audio book. You have a great voice. Also ASMR would be great. 👍

[@The.Last.Guitar.Hero.]

welcome back, Only evet been to Whitby once about 6 years ago

[@tom_burleigh]

Thanks The Last Guitar Hero, it's good to be back. Whitby is a strange place, lots of people and sometimes smells of beef dripping... but lots of interesting bits, and easy access to some enjoyable coastline. 🙂

[@jeaniecampbell4184]

Hi Tom! So good to see you. I’ve missed you and your lovely voice. Would love to see some jewelry unboxing. See you soon my friend!❤

[@tom_burleigh]

Thanks Jeanie. 🙂 I hope to give a jewellery unboxing video a try soonish, after I've done the work on the next two mudlarking videos.

[@jeaniecampbell4184]

@ can’t wait!

[@jwhite1707]

I was excited about going to visit the shop named on your mail but discovered it closed about 3 weeks ago 😥 Keep posting us your little gems of videos, I've missed them!

[@tom_burleigh]

Yes, it was very sad that they had to close, a very special shop for the 9 years it was open and the people who ran it became good friends. Sadly the greedy new landlords don't appreciate non-profit collectives. 😢

[@shariedanceinthedark1746]

Tom Burleigh. Finds scabby piece of metal and you hear the joy in his voice as he says ' I'll take it' 😊

[@tom_burleigh]

Scabby metal for the win 🙂. I've found gold and silver, and chasing after those tends to be a bit depressing, lots more looking, lots more effort, and not many finds of them. By far the easiest way to them is find the scabby metal, sell it to scrap yards, buy shiny gold and silver.

[@bernardetebueno7081]

Hello from Brazil que bom ver você ❤❤❤

[@tom_burleigh]

Obrigado 🙂

[@soniak2865]

yes for metal detecting!

[@tom_burleigh]

Thanks for the vote 🙂

[@sianwarwick633]

Tom, there is not a lot of coins deeper on the iron beach. Some coins wash down from the town onto the beach surface or are dropped, as you know, and then accumulate oxygenated material, which makes them heavier, and sink into the sand with the tide. But without being able to set the discrimination on the detector to finer less-oxygenated metals, like silver or copper, the detector won't find them. You might as well drag a magnet along the surface to pick up the ferrous oxide metals, and sand or rock. I think that's how detecting works

[@Brittanysjoy]

Great to see you again. You have some interesting shaped items. Could you mount onto picture board and frame. I do this with some of my finds. Folks love them.

[@tom_burleigh]

Thanks Brittany, I did buy a box frame to do this with, but ended up weaving a spiderweb in copper wire to sit in it instead for someone's birthday present. Thanks for reminding me, I'll go buy another frame now.🙂

[@sianwarwick633]

I will just add a comment about your Georgian? silver table piece - Antiques Road Show. Without a hallmark or a maker's mark on the piece, you would have to communicate with someone whose business it is, to buy and sell these kinds of items. Thanks by the way, for introducing the music to your Abbey part of the video. I really like that combined music and vision aspect of your videos.

[@tom_burleigh]

Thanks Sian 🙂. On my list of things to get done soon, is buy a new input device to start recording more music again. 🙂

[@sianwarwick633]

​​@@tom_burleighlovely Tom. I'm writing ✍️ a book at last, because I understand my particular experience of a time and place is worth sharing. It would be nice to talk about that with someone. I hope my comments were not too harsh. I too suffer(ed) from a disability for decades. 😊

[@sandralovegrove2805]

Tom we’ve missed your soothing voice ❤times are harder now than ever😢 perhaps you can vlog just your voice doing an audio history reading? Xo

[@tom_burleigh]

Oh thank you, that's an intriguing idea. I'm not sure I know any out of copyright classics of history, but it'd be good for me to look into, I'd be bound to learn something interesting and might find some possible texts to give it a go with. 🙂

[@violetanderson271]

I would love to watch you do a jewelry unboxing video on KZbin!

[@tom_burleigh]

Thank you, I'm not sure I've got quite the love of jewellery that some of the youtube unboxers have, but my appreciation for it is growing, and I'll try to make a unboxing video that I think is worth uploading sometime. 🙂

[@carrieann1640]

Another sad colonial checking in here. We need 'rest out of the situation,' and your videos will do splendidly. I would enjoy seeing you st work on your projects, or simply the objects themselves. (Tooting me own horn here: I am working on my needlepoint skills. Had no intention of starting any new, project, but I purchased some thrift shop needlepoint yarn thinking it was for knitting. Then I found a 3 foot length of canvas, then I found more yarn...)

[@sarahstrong7174]

Look Tom, I told you years ago. The pirate treasure is all mine!

[@louiseguerin7142]

Hi Tom, Will you add closed captioning at some point? While I've had a cochlear device added, I'm just learning how to "hear" again. I looks like a lovely area - and I may watch without sound. Glad to see a new video. Hope you're well.

[@tom_burleigh]

Hi Louise, I did manually add closed captions for a few videos, but it became too much work for me. My girlfriend did it for some more videos, but one of her hands has nerve damage, and she can't do it all that often... sadly, I don't earn enough to pay anyone else to do it, yet... though I do hope I can in the future. I hope the cochlear implant has helped beat the tinitus!? I'm learning to live with M.E. (something that I've had for 23 years, but didn't know, and wondered why I kept crashing so often), but generally feeling fairly well at the moment 🙂

[@charlesperez9976]

Whitby Abby. Why is it,that Abbys fall into ruin so beautifully? It’s almost as if they were designed for that very purpose. Like an architectural plan,to allow us to ponder our mortality. I saw a remarkable one,near Brampton,8 years ago.

[@ret4350]

Put a thumbs up before I even watch the video.

[@AshleyEdwards-hm5le]

A Tom Burleigh video makes the world a gentler place to be for a precious short time. Thank you.❤

[@tom_burleigh]

Aw, thank you. From my end, it always starts with a mental thumbs down from me, but people who enjoy the videos brings it back to a thumbs up. 🙂

[@SimonGains-he9zh]

I often wonder who recorded the music for your videos? Enjoyed the video as always. Best wishes!

[@tom_burleigh]

Mostly me, I write and record all the guitar parts. A friend did the backing music for the theme tune. I'm glad you enjoyed 🙂

[@sianwarwick633]

Do you think you would like to do something more with lovely Whitby jet that you found ?

[@tom_burleigh]

Absolutely, I've been gathering scrap silver too to give jewellery making a try. Jet and Silver are a very traditional and classic combination, I should probably try something simple first, and I'll try to restrain myself from trying to start with more complex and ambitious projects, which is my usual style of things. 🙂

[@zombierock138]

Search the area behind the fleece pub and church St car park...very sticky mud but plenty of goodies down there.ive found fossils coins and early wine bottles in the past

[@tom_burleigh]

I've had a brief look there, didn't see all that much, but I was kinda racing the tide a bit and not looking as carefully as usual. I'll have to give it a better search next time I'm there, thanks for letting me know there's good stuff to find.

[@lindatillson6302]

Hi Tom I have missed your videos I hope you will be putting some out out for 2024. Unless you have some elsewhere or a new video channel I am not aware of.

[@tom_burleigh]

Thanks Linda, I plan on putting more videos out here in 2024 and 2025, some on a Patreon page that I'm constructing, and some on a craft channel if my energy levels are good enough and I get some videos done 🙂.